100 Things

Okay, so I know I’m just a few years behind with this. What can I say? Someone recently told me every blogger needs a “100 Things” post. I think its bullshit, but am caving in to peer pressure. Here are 100 random things about me, which will probably take me roughly a week & a half to write.

1) I can’t smell. Every great once in a while, I think I might smell something, but I have no sense of whether it’s a good or bad scent. No, I can’t explain it any better than that.

2) Anytime I tell someone I can’t smell, the first question is always “Well, can you taste things like everyone else?” How the hell should I know?!

3) As a kid, I was a total tomboy who hated anything girly. When I was about 5, we moved into a neighborhood with mostly boys. I told everyone my name was “Ricky” so I could hang out with them instead of the girls in the ‘hood. It worked like a charm, until someone came to our door one day & asked if “Ricky” lived there.

4) When I was 10, I wanted to grow up to play shortstop for the New York Mets. I didn’t live anywhere near New York; I just knew they needed a shortstop.

5) I met my husband while signing up for the military, just after high school. My military “career” lasted 5 weeks. On the way home, I got engaged in Cleveland Hopkins Airport, surrounded by a crowd of paparazzi. Okay, they were really just nosy bastards. Whatever.

6) I got married with one days’ notice, on a Tuesday morning…and went to work that afternoon.

7) The mayor who married us was on bereavement leave at the time, as her husband had just died. Her secretary called to tell her our story & she came in to do the ceremony for us. She cried.

8 ) We don’t have any wedding pictures because we lost the roll of film.

9) I never wanted kids. Yes, my kids know this.

10) I found out I was pregnant 2 days after my wedding. I cried, he was ecstatic; we agreed not to tell anyone until I came to terms with it. 2 hours later, he stood up and announced it over Thanksgiving dinner in front of my extended family. I had not yet come to terms with it. He’s lucky the courthouse was closed for the next few days.

11) That baby was born 3 weeks after my 19th birthday.

12) 3 of my 4 kids were accidents. Yes, I do know how babies are made.

13) When Kid 2 was a baby, all she wanted to do was sleep. She never cried, never wanted anything. Her pediatrician said not to wake her up to feed her. Basically, babies will let you know when it’s time to eat. So, I didn’t. She fell off the growth charts.

14) The only reason I cook is because, if I didn’t, someone would have eventually turned me into Children’s Services. I’m pretty sure schools frown on children with distended bellies & flies crusting around their eyes.

15) I am a terrible housekeeper.

16) I still haven’t figured out what I want to be when I grow up.

17) I’m kind of a hermit.

18) All of my closest friends live far away, which works pretty well with hermit-ism.

19) My favorite band is The Pretenders.

20) My blog pic/avatar was taken at Chrissie Hynde’s restaurant.

21) Unless I am reading or watching tv, I have music playing. It’s an eclectic mix of a soundtrack, based on what I’m feeling at that moment.

22) I was kicked out of band in the 5th grade because I couldn’t learn to read music.

23) I love sunglasses & can’t pass a rack without trying some on. At one point, I had 15 pair. Currently, I have 3. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m pickier or if I’m finally growing up.

24) I am prejudiced against smokers, despite the fact that some of the people I love the most are smokers. No, I don’t hold this against them… except for my husband. I only hold it against him & all other smokers. ***But not YOU, if you’re a smoker. Just everybody else OTHER than you!

25) I can think of only 2 occasions where I changed my mind after forming a first impression of someone. I really do make up my mind about people as soon as I meet them.

26) Both of those exceptions are now friends of mine.

27) Despite the fact that I am atheist, all of my friends are Christian. This is one of the things I love most about them all.

34) I’m a poll worker on Election Day. At one point, I was the youngest presiding judge in the county.

35) One of the ladies who works my precinct with me was my 7th grade math teacher.

36) I am really bad at math.

37) She does the math at the end of the night for our precinct. It’s like she KNOWS ME!

38) I love the iconic Rosie the Riveter ad.

39) The only coffee I like is the cheap cappuccino at gas stations. No, I don’t like Starbucks. No, this does not make me a bad person. It makes me a non-coffee drinker who doesn’t like overpaying!

40) I love unsweetened tea, of almost any flavor.

41) My middle name is Janice, pronounced (Janeese).

42) It’s also my mom’s middle name, and the one I gave Kid4.

43) Despite that, I totally did not name my daughter after my mother.

44) Or myself. It just worked with her first name.

45) Kid2 was definitely named after my aunt, though.

46) I’m really bad at card games, especially poker.

47) This is mostly because of my innate inability to strategize.

48) I find politically incorrect humor HIGH-LARIOUS!

49) I think the 80s had the best music of any generation.

50) I’m aware the only people who would agree with me on that are also children of the 80s.

51) I eat soup for lunch almost every day. Not the same kind of soup, though. I’m not OCD about it. (said in a snarky voice)

52) My dog is cooler than your dog.

53) Braggarts irritate me more than just about everyone else. No, #52 doesn’t count as bragging. That’s just fact.

54) One-uppers are a close second. Please see #53, sentences 2 & 3.

55) I hate everything about WalMart, but mostly the people.

56) I’m a road rager.

57) Sometimes this gets me in trouble. I’ll probably end up with a violent death, started by an expletive-laden rant & middle finger extended out my window.

58) I have nearly died a horrific death by train twice. Both times with the same person, though only once was alcohol involved. Between #57 & #58, I am more sure than ever that my death will not be pretty.

59) When I was a kid, my parents would send all of us to live at an aunt’s house for the summer.

60) That aunt & uncle are my role models for marriage & parenthood.

61) It’s not a surprise we were sent away. According to our genealogy, my family has been “farming children out” since 1856.

62) General George Armstrong Custer is my great-great-great-great-great uncle.

63) At one point, Kid1 had a history class with a descendant of Sitting Bull.

64) I could not possibly care less about what politicians do behind closed doors.﻿

65) I also don’t give a damn about celebrities & don’t consider them to be newsworthy.

66) I am afraid of heights.

67) I have an aversion to water.

68) Because of those 2 things, I hate bridges.

69) I watch way too much tv.

70) I don’t believe in women’s rights or black rights or gay rights. I believe in equal rights & that nothing else is acceptable.

71) I’m a fiercely loyal friend.

72) I don’t eat meat with bones in it. Yes, I am aware that all meat had bones in it at one point.

78) I’m sure Kid1 finds that hysterical, seeing as how he IS an IT person & I am clearly not.

79) Right now, I have no pictures of my family on my desk.

80) I do have a pic of myself with my besties on my desk, though.

81) When my hair is long, I want it short. When my hair is short, I want it long. My husband NEVER wants it short.

82) I look much better with long hair.

83) I am pretty sure that I am pregnant on at least one roll of film in my refrigerator.

84) My “baby” is 16.

85) My first concert was Duran Duran with Billy Ocean and Brenda Russell.

86) When Kid2 graduated, I was at commencement sporting a gigantic purple egg on my forehead.

87) The egg came from hitting my head on the sidewalk during our Throwdown at the Hoedown the day before.

88) My forehead still has a corner on it from that throwdown 2 years ago.

89) I still owe you a post on that.

90) Day 4. I’m growing steadily weaker; concerned I may not see the end of this post.

91) I don’t trust whistlers, even the ones that just whistle songs.

92) My favorite car is a Porsche 914.

93) I’ve owned 3 of them, but only drove 1.

94) I think there is something wrong with the people who listen to ONLY Christmas music during the holidays.

95) Especially if they have it loud. Some music has to be thumping to be appreciated. “O Christmas Tree” is not one of those songs. If it’s rattling MY windows, you & I are going to have a problem. Mostly you. See #56.

96) I really dislike Christmas music. This has nothing to do with my religious beliefs.

97) I once read an entire newspaper article backward before realizing I did it. I tend to read the headlines, then check the end of the article for the details.

98) A friend once told me that I’m just drawn to silliness. I love that!

99) Day 6. Please send reinforcements.

100) I am now convinced that the person who told me “Every blogger needs a 100 Things post” is a sadistic bitch. Yeah. You know who you are.

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First off, you cheated! Writing the number of days you had been working on this does not count as a fact about you! Also, towards the end, you started breaking your facts into multiple pieces to fill numbers! Cheater!

Secondly,
@ # 63) I did? Who?
@ # 77) Because you are! And that’s just sad!
@ # 78) You’re right, I do. No WONDER your company keeps coming so close to failing…

*sigh* It really should come as no surprise that YOU’D be the one to call me out on my cheating.

#63 – I don’t remember who it was, but it was while you were in MS.
#77 – I know, right?! But I’m like a computer rock star compared to them!
#78 – Well, we DO have an IT dept. But I’m a lot easier to get ahold of!

Okay # 25 & #26…I KNOW I am one of your two & that is definitely a funny story…Just so you ALWAYS KNOW I am BLESSED that you changed your mind! We have a TERRIFIC friendship…one of the very BEST ever which brings me to # 73 which just so happens to be my FAVORITE childhood memory as well!! Who has an experience as a kid that they can still laugh about, just as hard as the day it happened, 28+ years later? We can!!! & Even back then we were SOOOOoooo creative & knew how to do whatever necessary to laugh!

# 80 is SUPER & is also very humbling that Kris & I rank up there!

But, # 83 is bothering me….why is there film in your fridge of anything?

Great blog my friend!!! As always you made me laugh! Jenn & I were on the phone & I was reading them to her & we were cracking up!! THANKS…you always know how to make me laugh!!

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Also known as The Suminski Mom, Bonesy is an emotionally unstable, politically incorrect, semi-sane, married mother of four. She resides somewhere in the midwest, but it doesn’t matter where, since she spends most of her time lost anyway.